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D. DICKINSON.

Corn Husker.

No. 64,206. Patented April 30,1867.

NJETERS, PHOTD-LFfliOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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D..A. DICKINSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLANl) Letters Patent 1V0. 691,206,dated April 30, 1857. v I

I IMPROVEMENT IN MAGHINE FOR HUSKING CORN.

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Be it known that I, .D. DICKINSdN, of the city of- Baltimore, in theState of Maryland, have invented a" certain new and useful Improi ementof Belts and Pulleys in Machines for -Husking or Shucking Corn and I dohereby declare that, the following -is a fulh clear, and e xa'ctdescriptionof the construction and operatiorri of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and'to the letters and marksthereon; said drawings forming part of" this specification, and showing,by I Figure 1 thereof, a top viewpf. my improvemeziflflandby Figure 2 avertical sectionof the same. i I

In both of these figures like parts are indicated by like marks andletters.

This improvement of belts and pulleys is intended to be used in thatclass of machines on which a patent was recently granted to me, wherebythe stalk can be cut and'separated from the unshucked ear, theearshucked v or hushed, and the corn shelled from the ear vby onecontinuous operation; but the improvement may be applied to anymachinewhere the huskin'g or shucking is performed.

In this kind of machines it is very important that the ear should befully and completely hnsked, and that the means for doing this shouldnot be liable to become clogged and bound by confinement of the bladesor shucks. The leading object of my improvement, therefore, is toprevent the difficulties-here alluded to, and to secure perfect shockingof the ear and the free delivery of the blade or shuck or husk. I

The drawings represent my improvement enclosed by a rectangular frameor'boai, in the end pieces of which were the bearings of the shafts Z),which have the pulleys c, and which pulleys may be made as apart of theshafts, or may be separate and then properly attached to the shafts.These shafts may be plain, or, as is indicated near their ends, may befluted. The pulleys, it will be noticed, are somewhat of the characterof eccenatXlCS, the extreme radial line of the one pulley extendingbeyond that of the pulleymext toit, and so on through the series or setof pulleys, so that there is a projecting edge, 11, of every alternatingpulley. This arrangement provides for the more perfect separating of thehush from the car by the more ready and easy seizure of the husk. Thedrawings show the shafts with pulleys near the top of the frame or box,and-two below, with the smaller face or periphery of the one in linewith the larger face of the other, and a band or belt passing aroundeach set of such two. Thesebelts,f", may be of India rubber, or somesuitable material, and there may be more than the two sets or serics ofshafts and pulleys thus surrounded by the belts, if deemed useful ordesirable. Teeth, g,ca1i be placed between such of the pulleys as it maybe found requisite to use, to secure more fully the removal or seizureof the husks. Power applied to the shaft b, or to any one of the shafts,will move that shaft and the one below it, friction of the belts beingsufficient for the motion of the other pulleys; but if this should notprove sufficient, gearing by toothed surfaccsor other mechanical meanscould be resorted to.

. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Let ers Patent,is-

The arrangement of shafts having puiley s placed eccentrica-lly,andbelts, substantially as and for the purpose herein recited.

And in combination with the pulleys or their equivalents, I claim theteeth g, for the purpose herein set forth.

This specification signed'thisfourth day of, October, 1856.

- D. A. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

Tnos. T. EVERETT, G120. C. LAMBnIcu'r.

